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. 2017 Jan 30;12(1):e0170796. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170796

Table 2. Pattern matrix of social predictors of lion killing: Four-factor model with promax rotation (n = 123).

Brief statements Factors
1 Attitudes 2 Traditional customs 3 Social-killing intention 4 Defense-killing intention
Lions have a right to exist .971 -- -- --
Lions deserve protection .939 -- -- --
Important grandchildren see lions .934 -- -- --
Lions are a national treasure .935 -- -- --
God would want me to protect lions .926 -- -- --
Lions have the same rights as livestock .872 -- -- --
Lions are beautiful .851 -- -- --
Like to watch lions .833 -- -- --
Only eat suffocated livestock -- .838 -- --
Do not wear western clothes -- .835 -- --
Do not own a bible -- .833 -- --
My daughter must be circumcised -- .703 -- --
Believe in sacrifices for rain -- .695 -- --
Kill lion for fun -- -- .992 --
Kill lion for prestige -- -- .910 --
Traditional hunts are acceptable -- -- .882 --
When I see a lion it is acceptable to kill -- -- .755 --
Kill lion to defend property -- -- -- .898
Family member injured by lion -- -- -- .880
Lion enter my boma -- -- -- .765
Snaring a problem lion -- -- -- .625